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Thrice Denied
copyright October 9, 2007, Roy Stucky

A fallout shelter's grey steel doors
Hide stores of food from rumored wars.
The owner thinks it's time to run.
He'll bring his gun.

Say goodbye to the world outside,
The time has come to run and hide.
Something inside has finally died -
Thrice denied.

Watch a seed hit stony ground.
Though it grows it isn't sound.
When climate change goes wet to dry -
It will die.

Say goodbye to the world outside,
The time has come to run and hide.
Something inside has finally died -
Thrice denied.

Shame's a son who's fast asleep
When harvest wheat is ripe to reap.
Who will stand upon their feet
And help us eat?

Say goodbye to the world outside,
The time has come to run and hide.
Something inside has finally died -
Thrice denied.